In November my sister's husband suggested that she take a weekend and come visit us with my dad. We had a great visit so thank you Bart for watching the girls and Loni and Dad for coming to spend a few days with us. Here's some of the fun things that we did.
This is the Louisa May Alcott house, The Orchard House. I took this picture from the car in the pouring rain so the house looks even older and wavier than it is. I LOVED this tour. I've driven by the house many times but had never been on the tour. I loved how the girls were encouraged to
pursue their own talents of art, literature, drama and music. The girls put on plays just like my sister and I used to do when we were young. May was an artist and was allowed to draw on the walls. Loni and I laughed about how she (Loni) had gotten in trouble for that when we were young and we have punished our own children for doing that as well. We also got to see Louisa's room where she wrote Little Women. I certainly makes me want to do all I can to foster creativity in the home.
Dad treated us to dinner at Fuji Steakhouse. The kids of course loved it because they put on a show with knives and fire. We loved the food--and the show. Who can resist an onion volcano?
We spent one of the days in Salem where we saw the Witch Museum and The House of Seven Gables. This tour was not as impressive as The Orchard House tour but we still enjoyed seeing the house and garden.
It had been raining all day but I kept hoping it would let up so we could see some scenery as we drove through
Marblehead and along the coastline. We had a beautiful drive along Ocean Ave and just as we got to Chandler
Hovey Park the rain let up and the sun came out. What a view!
This is the Louisa May Alcott house, The Orchard House. I took this picture from the car in the pouring rain so the house looks even older and wavier than it is. I LOVED this tour. I've driven by the house many times but had never been on the tour. I loved how the girls were encouraged to pursue their own talents of art, literature, drama and music. The girls put on plays just like my sister and I used to do when we were young. May was an artist and was allowed to draw on the walls. Loni and I laughed about how she (Loni) had gotten in trouble for that when we were young and we have punished our own children for doing that as well. We also got to see Louisa's room where she wrote Little Women. I certainly makes me want to do all I can to foster creativity in the home.
Dad treated us to dinner at Fuji Steakhouse. The kids of course loved it because they put on a show with knives and fire. We loved the food--and the show. Who can resist an onion volcano?
We spent one of the days in Salem where we saw the Witch Museum and The House of Seven Gables. This tour was not as impressive as The Orchard House tour but we still enjoyed seeing the house and garden.
It had been raining all day but I kept hoping it would let up so we could see some scenery as we drove through Marblehead and along the coastline. We had a beautiful drive along Ocean Ave and just as we got to Chandler Hovey Park the rain let up and the sun came out. What a view!
Loni and I snuck away on Saturday and visited The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Isabella was a women with money on her hands and a love of art. This building was built to house her collection. She arranged everything in the museum and in her will she stipulated that everything must remain in the state that it was at her death. The museum is also home to the biggest art theft in history. When you visit the museum you can see the frames still hanging where the paintings used to be.
We also had fun just hanging out and spending some quality time with Grandpa. 
Thanks for the visit. Come again soon. 
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